UK agency: 787 fire not caused by battery fault

LONDON — A fire onboard an empty Boeing 787 aircraft at London's Heathrow Airport didn't appear to be caused by faulty batteries on the plane, a British investigative agency said Saturday. Investors in Boeing, which calls its newest plane a Dreamliner,...

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Pittsfield man starts baseball bat company

PITTSFIELD  — Casey O'Donnell believes there's no sweeter sound than the crack a wooden bat makes when it connects with the leather hide and stitches of a baseball. Perhaps that's why the 27-year-old entrepreneur began making custom baseball bats...

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Grants will help Mass. undersea "kites" project

BOSTON — Three Massachusetts research facilities are getting a boost from the federal government, including money to help find out if undersea "kites" can reliably produce renewable energy. The National Science Foundation is awarding nearly $2 million...

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China scraps uranium processing plan after protest

BEIJING — Authorities in a southern Chinese city on Saturday scrapped a plan to build a uranium-processing plant, one day after hundreds of local residents protested against it because of safety concerns. The city government of Heshan in Guangdong province...

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Judge to mull if airlines owe WTC owners over 9/11

NEW YORK — A judge who has presided over most of the litigation stemming from the Sept. 11 attacks will decide whether the owners of the World Trade Center can try to make aviation companies pay billions of dollars in damages. U.S. District Judge Alvin...

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Across tobacco country, crops wilt from rain

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jason Elliott had one of his best stands of burley tobacco growing until the rains started. Five days and seven inches of precipitation later, about a quarter of his crop was ruined, trimming thousands of dollars from his payday when...

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New England's love affair with natural gas cools

MONTPELIER, Vt. — New England's love affair with natural gas appears to be showing strain as the regional power grid operator voices worry about too much demand on limited supplies and a leading environmental group criticizes the fuel it once supported....

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NYC case casts light on West African mining fight

NEW YORK — While the FBI eavesdropped on Frederic Cilins this year, prosecutors say the Frenchman sometimes dropped his voice to an urgent whisper. They also say his words, though quiet, spoke volumes about a criminal case full of international intrigue....

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Obama and ESPN commentators play golf in Virginia

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is hitting the links with two ESPN commentators. The White House said sports commentators Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser (KORN'-hy-zer) were in the president's golfing party Saturday. The fourth player was not...

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French Jewish group: Twitter gives data in case

PARIS — A French Jewish group says Twitter has turned over information that can help identify the authors of racist and anti-Semitic tweets that carried French hashtags. The president of a Jewish student organization said Saturday the group was withdrawing...

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